exactly at the same time as science had revealed divine signs,
non-Muslim nations equipped with modern knowledge and
technology had conquered Muslims in every field: in particular
Muslims lagged behind non-Muslims in educational, economic
and political fields. This backwardness on the part of Muslims
was due to their own shortcomings, but
dajjal
, using the modern
media, told Muslims that it was solely the plots and oppression
of other nations that were responsible for their plight. As a result
of this
dajjali
(deception), Muslims worldwide became involved
in hate and violence campaigns against non-Muslim nations.
They failed to make positive use of modern opportunities, either
for the purposes of
dawah
or for God-realization.
Dajjali
deception was the reason for this mentality of hatred and the
propensity to complain. These non-Muslim nations were our
Madu
(congregation), and hating the
Madu
is forbidden, that is,
not lawful in Islam, but
Dajjal
made this act appear attractive
and induced Muslims to think that it was exactly in accordance
with Islam.
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Dajjal
T
HERE
ARE
A
number of traditions about
dajjal
in the books of
hadith. These traditions describe certain strange qualities of
Dajjal,
which are taken by people in the literal sense. That is
why they are still waiting for the coming of
dajjal
in the shape
of one individual; now there is no time left to wait for the
appearance of
dajjal
. Now is the time to play one’s part in
countering deception.
All the attributes of
dajjal
in the hadith are expressed in
symbolic language. For instance, this is the wording of one long
narration about
Dajjal
in which he will speak with a voice which
will be heard in the east and in the west.
Dajjal
will say, ‘O my
companions, come to me, O my companions, come to me. O my
friends, come to me, O my friends, come to me.’
This is indeed the language of symbolism. This does not mean
that
dajjal
’s own voice will be of such a high pitch or velocity
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Dajjal
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